Every film tells a story. Bottom line. But some films have a double bottom line, a two-fold mission: to tell a story, and to propel social change. To
Social Issue Docs
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"What was so unusual for the Women's Movement and filmmakers like myself," says Liane Brandon, recalling a period when both were just starting out,
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By Belinda Baldwin and Robert Bahar It was during the height of America's post-war optimism when Richard Griffith, the American film historian who
We asked a seasoned filmmaker and USC lecturer Amanda Pope and a panel of filmmakers to attempt to answer the question: "What does it mean to document change?"
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Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary
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American filmmakers and journalists have relatively free rein with what stories we tell and how we tell them. For all of our country's faults, our
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Daniel Gold and Judith Helfand's 'Everything's Cool'
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'Addiction,' a nine-part series, features the work of some of the greatest documentary makers working today.
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'Waiting for Superman' premieres September 24 through Paramount Vantage.
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'Last Train Home' airs September 27, 2011, on PBS' 'POV.'